Nyangatom man and woman at (5 m deep) watering hole dug in Kibish riverbed during the dry season. Kibish waters are the main alternative source of water by Omo River dwelling Nyangatom and well access is a source of conflict with the Dasanech and Turkana

Nyangatom villagers along Omo River have resided in well-established settlement areas—generally near the water—where they rely on flood recession agriculture, with a variety of subsidiary production activities

Nyangatom in agropastoral villages along west bank of the Omo River. Woman with son at mid-day in village. children in central square of village. aerial view of semi-permanent village (chicken hutch and fence repair visible)

Flood recession agriculture by the Omo-dwelling Nyangatom is primarily on seasonally flooded point bars and river silt/sand flats along the Omo River. Overbank flooding does not occur upstream from the active delta
. Crops grown by these villagers are basically the same as those planted by the Dasanech (see Chap.
), with sorghum and maize as main staples. Grain product is stored in high overhead granaries (Fig.
8.3
) that add protection from wildlife. Numerous Nyangatom settled at the Omo River, particularly the poorer households, have taken up fishing—mostly in river waters upstream from the Dasanech, either in dugout canoes or along the shoreline. Until their recent acquisition of gear from merchants and neighboring groups, Nyangatom fishers have used simple technologies including ropes, harpoons, locally constructed nets and small blades (through exchanges with neighboring groups). The Nyangatom complain of decreased fish catch following the incursion of GOE-supported commercial fishing enterprises in the Omo River and Lake Turkana (see Chaps.
and
). The acceleration of commercial fishing in the region, which villagers describe as destructive of fish reproductive habitat as well as catch levels, has been occurring just as Nyangatom villagers had had to rely more on fishing in order to cope with their economic decline.

Flood recession agriculture by the Omo-dwelling Nyangatom is primarily on seasonally flooded point bars and river silt/sand flats along the Omo River. Overbank flooding does not occur upstream from the active delta

(Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel defused a feud with her Bavarian allies over migration, ending a standoff that threatened to upend her government.

The euro rose after Merkel and Horst Seehofer, the interior minister and Bavarian party leader who had threatened to resign, unveiled the deal late Monday after more than four hours of last-ditch talks in Berlin. The accord halts a slide toward a historic breakup of the two-party bloc that’s governed Germany for most off the time since World War II.

“After a tough struggle and some difficult days, we’ve found a really good compromise,” Merkel, who heads the Christian Democratic Union, told reporters. Seehofer confirmed the deal, which involves setting up holding centers for some refugees at the German border.

Merkel and Seehofer, who heads Bavaria’s ruling Christian Social Union, pulled back from the brink as they risked the possibility of a government collapse and potential end to Merkel’s almost 13 years as chancellor. Under the deal, Seehofer stays on as interior minister, a post that gives him federal border enforcement powers.

Tasks Ahead

The truce clears away an obstacle that eroded Merkel’s authority at a time when her challenges include a trade conflict with U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.K.’s exit from the European Union and rising populism across Europe. The chancellor meets U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and Hungary’s Viktor Orban on Thursday, before heading to a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit with Trump next week.

The euro jumped on the news, trading at $1.1639 at the end of Monday after sliding earlier in the day as much as 0.8 percent to $1.1591.

After their deal, Merkel and Seehofer met with her coalition’s third partner, the Social Democrats. The SPD will have to agree to any tightening on Germany’s border, raising a possible snag after it rejected a similar proposal in 2015.

Bavaria became a migration flashpoint during Europe’s refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016 as the main entry route to Germany. Gains by the far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, have returned the topic to the CSU’s agenda ahead of a state election in October.

The CDU-CSU infighting began last month after Seehofer pledged to send back asylum seekers at Germany’s border if they’re already registered in another EU country. Merkel rejected that proposal, saying it was a unilateral move that violated European asylum law. The CSU chief signaled he would move ahead with the plan anyway.